"Shrek Forever After," the 3-D animated sequel about a gentle green ogre, won the top box office spot for a third straight week with 25.3 million dollars in receipts, preliminary figures showed Sunday.Debuting in the number two spot was the raunchy comedy "Get Him To The Greek," with 17.4 million dollars in projected ticket sales, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations."Killers," an action-comedy starring Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher, premiered in the number three spot, with an estimated take of 16.1 million dollars.
Hollywood is nursing another big hangover. The Warner Bros. comedy "The Hangover" hauled in $33.4 million to remain the top box-office draw for a second-straight weekend. The tale of a Las Vegas bachelor party gone to extremes raised its total to $105.4 million after 10 days in theaters.
Hollywood is nursing another big hangover. The Warner Bros. comedy "The Hangover" hauled in $33.4 million to remain the top box-office draw for a second-straight weekend. The tale of a Las Vegas bachelor party gone to extremes raised its total to $105.4 million after 10 days in theaters.
Hollywood is in a June swoon as a rush of new movies fails to grab audiences. "Shrek Forever After" remained the No. 1 movie for a third-straight weekend with $25.3 million.
"The Hangover III" is out this weekend, and if you're hoping for a raucous return to the series, the third installment isn't receiving rave reviews. Currently, the sequel is getting poor reception as a heavily darker, less funny end to the series.
The big screen's most famous ogre might have good reason to be grumpy this weekend.
"Shrek Forever After," the fourth and purportedly final installment of DreamWorks Animation's money-minting series, could very well be the first since 2001's original "Shrek" to open to less than $100 million.